Hook Norton Brewery Museum (2025)

Located in the original malt house buildings, the brewery and village museum houses some of the old equipment that has been used over the years at Hook Norton. The brewery still has a Buxton & Thornley 25hp steam engine, installed in 1899. They are one of the few breweries that still use Shire horses and dray to deliver beer to their local pubs in the traditional way.

Contacts

Operator: The Hook Norton Brewery Co. Ltd

Address: Brewery Lane Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5NY

Telephone: 01608 730 384
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Open Days & Times

Steam Engine: First Sun in month 1130 for an hour. For Visitor Centre, Museum & Malthouse visit website or facebook for more details.

Travel

By Rail: Banbury / 9 miles

Facilities

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Refreshments
Souvenir Shop
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John Harris, the brewery’s founder, had an earlier steam engine installed in the brewery, probably in 1880 but little is known about it. The steam engine was used to pump the liquor (water), to drive the grist mill and for hoisting sacks and barrels.

A three storey tower brewery was built in 1872 and then enlarged in 1898. The Victorian tower brewery, attached to the earlier building, was designed by William Bradford, an architect who specialised in industrial architecture. The design of the building is in a distinctive style employed by Bradford in several industrial buildings but particularly effectively at Hook Norton where the building resembles a Chinese pagoda. The design of a tower brewery is closely linked to each of the brewing processes. These processes continue in the brewery, some still using the historic machinery.